Testing Resistance & Reform News: July 11 - 17, 2018

Yet another state -- Indiana -- dropped its graduation testing requirement this week. A decade ago, nearly two dozen jurisdictions required students to pass a high school exit exam. Now the number is just twelve. In addition, several states -- -- have retroactively awarded diplomas to young adults who completed their coursework but failed a now cancelled testing hurdle. The strong position against high-stakes exams adopted by the NAACP should add more muscle to campaigns to eliminate these barriers.